New Hadestown Casting — Page 20

SisterGeorge said: "How was Paulo Szot in the role? He just sang "His Kiss..." magnificently at 54 Below. Actually, his whole set was terrific, marred only slightly by a jittery Kate Baldwin who joined him on a couple of duets."

I adored him in the role and would welcome him back. He doesn't have the menace that some of the other Hades have, but he was so slimy that he made for a fantastic villain.

Hi. I’ve been away from the Broadway scene for a while (finances), but still getting email updates on this thread. I’m glad he’s gone, but wondering why there wasn’t more uproar (I know there was some, but she still did her run, I believe) about Ani’s views (which were heartbreaking for someone like me who was a fan and considered her a queer icon). Was the lesser uproar due to her past identifying as a part of the rainbow, because her comments weren’t as consistent & emphatic, because she was more famous or a little bit of all of the above?

It’s not a big role. Unless you need to work, why would anybody WANT to do it?

Ben Davis is the new Hades per Instagram.

Updated On: 8/4/26 at 11:03 AM

ColorTheHours048 said: "willep said: "Ben Davis is the new Hades per Instagram."

Daddytown.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQe7rKJDXeR"

I SAID THE EXACT SAME THING.

BDE is going to mean three things now

- Ben Davis Energy

- Buff Daddy Energy

- Big **** Energy

ARC Casting has announced that it parted ways with casting director Duncan Stewart effective immediately --- which is strange, since Duncan announced on the same day as the HADESTOWN debacle that he had launched his own casting firm, "Define Casting," and was leaving ARC. Maybe he had intended to stay on in a consulting or transitional role with ARC, but this feels like an unnecessary social media post for the sake of ARC attempting to look good.

(I don't know if the HADESTOWN account was planned to remain with ARC or was transitioning to Duncan's new company, or if that is going to change now...my assumption is he was planning to take Hadestown with him.)

Updated On: 8/4/26 at 11:56 AM

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "ARC Casting has announced that it parted ways with casting directorDuncan Stewart effective immediately --- which is strange, since Duncan announced on the same day as the HADESTOWN debacle that he had launched his own casting firm, "Define Casting," and was leaving ARC. Maybe he had intended to stay on in a consulting or transitional role with ARC, but this feels like an unnecessary social media post for the sake of ARC attempting to look good.

(I don't know if the HADESTOWN account was planned to remain with ARC or was transitioning to Duncan's new company, or if that is going to change now...my assumption is he was planning to take Hadestownwith him.)"

Whitley Theatrical is the credited casting office for Hadestown, though (though they notably did not share this casting announcement unlike previous ones).

Updated On: 8/4/26 at 12:16 PM

willep said: "Ben Davis is the new Hades per Instagram."

That was quick. I wonder if he auditioned recently but got rejected or placed on the back burner for future casting. Anyways, brilliant choice!

ARC does have Hadestown on their site, so I don’t know if they partner with Whitley or something as a talent sourcer or something? Whitley is a fairly small office.

I'm sure Ben Davis has auditioned before for the role, and casting directors/producers keep people in their archives for this purpose - sometimes the moment isn't right, and then suddenly the moment IS right. They probably avail-checked some past auditionees over the weekend and Davis's schedule was clear (or clearable).

Call_me_jorge said: "Davis is an amazingly talented performer, but boy does he have some skeletons in his closet…"

Uh, what?

Kad said: "Call_me_jorge said: "Davis is an amazingly talented performer, but boy does he have some skeletons in his closet…"

Uh, what?"


It's no secret that Ben Davis primarily dates women in their 20s-30s (he's 51). Some people on the internet have a problem with so-called age gaps.

To my knowledge he's known to be nice and easy to work with. He co-parents a dog with his ex, the Broadway performer Mikaela Renfrow, which they both post about regularly. He works enough that if there were any actual skeletons in his closet, they would have been unearthed long ago: this will be his fifth Broadway show of the past decade (plus lots of regional and concert and Off-Bway credits).

Updated On: 8/4/26 at 01:57 PM

Aaaaaaaand here comes Sweaty trying to drum up some controversy on Instagram re: new Hades casting…